| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deadened, insensitive |
Synonyms: |
aloof, anesthetized, apathetic, asleep, benumbed, callous, casual, comatose, dazed, dead, detached, disinterested, frozen, immobilized, incurious, indifferent, insensate, insensible, insentient, lethargic, listless, numbed, paralyzed, phlegmatic, remote, senseless, stupefied, stuporous, torpid, unconcerned, unconscious, uncurious, unfeeling, uninterested |
Antonyms: |
lively, responsive, sensitive |
| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deaden |
Synonyms: |
anesthetize, benumb, blunt, chill, desensitize, dull, freeze, frost, immobilize, obtund, paralyze, stun, stupefy |
Antonyms: |
enliven |
| Main Entry: | blunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dull |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, benumb, cripple, dampen, deaden, debilitate, desensitize, disable, enfeeble, hebetate, numb, obtund, sap, soften, take the edge off, undermine, water down, weaken |
Antonyms: |
needle, point, sharpen |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
Synonyms: |
addle, amaze, astonish, astound, befog, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise |
Antonyms: |
expect |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent, cold |
Synonyms: |
anesthetized, apathetic, asleep, boring, callous, deadened, dull, flat, frigid, glazed, inert, insensitive, insipid, lukewarm, numb, numbed, paralyzed, senseless, spiritless, stagnant, stale, still, tasteless, torpid, unfeeling, uninteresting, unresponsive, vapid, wooden |
Antonyms: |
active, animated, interested, live, living, responsive, spirited, warm |
| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
Synonyms: |
KO, abate, alleviate, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, etherize, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken |
Antonyms: |
animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | desensitize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dull |
Synonyms: |
anesthetize, benumb, deaden, make inactive, make less sensitive, numb, render insensible |
| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put under influence of medication |
Synonyms: |
analgize, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope up, dope*, dose, dose up, fix, hit, knock out, medicate, narcotize, numb, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat |
| Main Entry: | frightened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very scared |
Synonyms: |
abashed, affrighted, afraid, aghast, alarmed, anxious, butterflies, chicken*, chicken-hearted, cowed, dismayed, fearful, frozen, have cold feet, having kittens, hung up, in a cold sweat, in a panic, in a sweat, jellyfish, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mousy, numb, panicky, petrified, pushing the panic button, rabbity, running scared, scared stiff, shaky, shivery, sissy, spooked, startled, terrified, terror-stricken, terrorized, unnerved, uptight, yellow* |
Antonyms: |
calm, comforted, happy |
| Main Entry: | frozen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very cold |
Synonyms: |
Siberian, antarctic, arctic, chilled, frigid, frosted, ice-cold, ice-covered, icebound, iced, icy, numb |
Antonyms: |
boiled, heated, hot |